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Reported on the opening and dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., an event that also took place on Decoration Day.
On this day in 1868, which was later set as the official day of commemorating soldiers who died in the U.S. Civil War, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
The day’s grand marshal was Robert G. Summers, a 99-year-old veteran of the Civil War.
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include.
Actor KEIR DULLEA, who was born in 1936; soccer player STEVEN GERRARD, who was born in 1980; actor JARED GILMORE, who was born in 2000; singer, rapper and record producer CEE LO GREEN, who was born in 1974; singer WYNONNA JUDD, who was born in 1964; actor TED McGINLEY, who was born in 1958; actor COLM MEANEY, who was born in 1953; actress and singer IDINA MENZEL, who was born in 1971; actor MICHAEL J. POLLARD, who was born in 1939; former baseball player MANNY RAMIREZ, who was born in 1972; Hall of Fame football player GALE SAYERS, who was born in 1943; rapper REMY MA, who was born in 1980; and actor STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY, who was born in 1951.
“We shall not always plant while others reap.” – poet Countee Cullen, who was born on this day in 1903.